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10. As far as I'm aware of, no mention of any of that is in the Bible...

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 04:57 PM

Mar 2012

the whole priests must not be married is an extra-biblical principle, and one that wasn't even around when the church was getting off the ground.

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Catholic Question [View all] Angry Dragon Mar 2012 OP

this is accurate MANative Mar 2012 #8

according to the gospel CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #3

Which gospel? Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #4

The New American Bible CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #7

As far as I'm aware of, no mention of any of that is in the Bible... Humanist_Activist Mar 2012 #10

See Matthew 19 and 1 Corinthians 7 FarCenter Mar 2012 #16

you are right best I know CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #17

So the Bible gets changed to fit the belief and dogma?? Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #12

I've seen many different Catholic bibles CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #13

That sounds a lot like the Mormons Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #14

basically the same book CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #15

We were always told too that priests and nuns Liberalynn Mar 2012 #5

If I remember correctly, the "be fruitful and multiply" LuvNewcastle Mar 2012 #6

Celibacy of the Clergy FarCenter Mar 2012 #9

I read it as man-made not god demand Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #11